Big West: if Long Beach State was to lose in their conference tournament they would receive a bid, thus eliminating one at-large spot.

Colonial: Drexel

Conference USA: -

Horizon: -

Ivy: -

MAAC: -

MAC: -

MEAC: -

Missouri Valley: Wichita State

Mountain West: San Diego State/New Mexico, UNLV

Northeast: -

Ohio Valley: -

Pac 12: Washington, California, Arizona

Patriot: -

SEC: Florida, Vanderbilt/Kentucky, Alabama

Southern: -

Southland: -

SWAC: -

Summit: -

Sun Belt: -

West Coast: Gonzaga

WAC: -

That is 63 of the 68 teams that will comprise the field.

Here
are the SEVEN true “bubble” teams by conference, of which FIVE will
currently receive bids – but in some conference tournaments we will see
upsets that will reduce the # of these teams receiving a bid from FIVE
to likely somewhere closer to FOUR/THREE.

**CHANGES FROM LAST PUBLISHED VERSION: All A10 teams were removed from any shot at a bubble berth - there will be three teams from the A10, as we have had all along unless St. Bonaventure wins the final tomorrow in which case they will receive auto-bid and certainly steal a bid from rest of the at-large field but the A10 will keep their three prior bids. Southern Miss was removed from consideration following their loss to Marshall on the CUSA SF round. Colorado State has been removed from the discussion following their SF round loss to San Diego State - the Rams are the clear cut 4th team in the MWC, with an RPI in the mid 70s - just not enough on their resume. Stanford has been removed from bubble talk. In the SEC Alabama was moved up to "in the field" while Tennessee was removed from the bubble and will not be considered. Middle Tennessee State has been removed from the bubble and will not receive consideration. New Mexico State has likewise been removed from bubble consideration.

America East: -

Atlantic Ten: -

ACC: Miami (FL), NC State. Both are likely to receive invites at this point, but will remain on "bubble" for tonight and be re-evaluated for last time tomorrow morning.

Atlantic Sun: -

Big 12: -

Big East: West Virginia, UConn. Will leave both here for tonight, but feel both will wind up missing out - at best one makes it and I feel WVU has the better resume for reasons discussed in last edition of this blog post.

Big Sky: -

Big South: -

Big Ten: -

Big West: -

Colonial: -

Conference USA: -

Horizon: -

Ivy: -

MAAC: Iona. The Gaels have actually creeped closer as the week has gone on to receiving an at-large as not much bid stealing has occurred. They will remain for tonight and be examined one final time tomorrow for determination.

MAC: -

MEAC: -

Missouri Valley: -

Mountain West: -

Northeast: -

Ohio Valley: -

Pac 12: Oregon will remain in for tonight, but with Colorado taking the Pac 12 tourney auto-bid, the Ducks are unlikely to receive an at-large bid.

Patriot: -

SEC: -

Southern: -

Southland: -

SWAC: -

Summit: -

Sun Belt: -

West Coast: BYU. The Cougars are right on the center of the top of the bubble. More analysis, and more games need to be finished before finalizing their status by tomorrow afternoon.

WAC: -

Here is the order of at-large selections as we stand right now. Just
to reiterate, there are FIVE open spots today – but that # will be
reduced due to conference tournament upsets – I currently project THREE
of these teams will wind up making the dance, with #4-7 being the
dreaded “first four out”:

Miami (FL)

NC State

BYU

West Virginia

Iona

Oregon

UConn

What it comes down to is we currently have five spots open, and I feel good about three teams - the pair of ACC teams, and BYU listed above. The last two spots are really wide open - but keep in mind there are still two teams that could take care of that issue by stealing an auto-bid: St. Bonaventure & UC-Santa Barbara. Should both those teams win I would feel solid about my 68 team field - if either or both lose deciding on those final two at-large spots which would be teams that will play on Dayton play-in games on Tuesday will be tough.

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